James S. McDonnell Planetarium, Saint Louis Science Center, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO
Built in 1963, this Modern building was designed by Gyo Obata of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum to house a planetarium for the Saint Louis Science Center. The building features a thin-shell concrete hyperboloid roof, similar in shape to the cooling towers of large power stations, with a large flared top, sloped sides, a wrap-around porch with tapered columns, and a lower-level entrance flanked by curved retaining walls. The building is the most distinctive portion of the Saint Louis Science Center, which straddles Interstate 64 on the south side of Forest Park.
James S. McDonnell Planetarium, Saint Louis Science Center, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO
Built in 1963, this Modern building was designed by Gyo Obata of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum to house a planetarium for the Saint Louis Science Center. The building features a thin-shell concrete hyperboloid roof, similar in shape to the cooling towers of large power stations, with a large flared top, sloped sides, a wrap-around porch with tapered columns, and a lower-level entrance flanked by curved retaining walls. The building is the most distinctive portion of the Saint Louis Science Center, which straddles Interstate 64 on the south side of Forest Park.